Effects of contact with treatment users on mental illness stigma: Evidence from university roommate assignments

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1122-1127

  Eisenberg, Daniel ^a   Downs, Marilyn F ^b   Golberstein, Ezra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health; Social contact; Stigma; USA

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING ERROR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863535043     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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